Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-09-02
State News.
OXFORD.

OXFORD.
The mills at Fryeburg. built by Shirley &
Nuter, now owned by P. Cousens & Co., for
general lumber and grist mills, were burned.
Tuesday morning. The fire caught about
the engine. But little grain was on hand.
Everything else is total loss. The mills
were insured for s4,750.
SAGApAHoc.
The village high school at Bowdoinham
will be taught by Mr.J. A. Cone. at present one
OF the s. 5. committee of that town. Mr..
Gone was Tor three years connected with the
schools of Honolulu, first as teacher of n
select English school, afterwards as an
organizer OF schools on the several islands of
the Sandwich group. One of the schools
organized by him, numbering two hundred.
had representatives of nine distinct national
tiles, illustrating fairly the cosmopolitsn
character of the people. Mr.. Cone shows
charcoal sketches and paintings, executed by
himself, of the fruit, flowers and native
houses of that land. Among his beautiful
and instructive paintings is one of the active
volcano kilausl, sketched on the spot during
an eruption. He also shows a finely drawn
and colored map of Europe, done by native
boy OF twelve. There are proportionately
fewer Of the people of the Hawa allan Islands
who cannot read and write, than in any state
of the Union, although in 1920 the mission
aries found them in a state of savagerv and
cannibslism. Ii will be remembered that Mt
its last town meeting, Bowdoinham voted to
abolish its school districts. The schools are
already in an improved and improving eondi-
ton. Latin will this year be added to the
high school course.
M.ssrs. c. 4 T. Fogg, of Bowdoinham.
started their advance crew for Churchill
stream, Holdentown, Monday last They
expect to put in about million feet of logs
the coming winter.
The Bath Times of Wednesday saws: The
Small Point boom in real estate appears to
be quite lively at present. One of the most
important transfers of real estate in that
section has recently taken place, In the sale
of the Allequippa House and two large farms,
known as the Lowell place on the harbor side
of the Point. to Samuel Sylvester of Lisbon
Falls, for Sc, l25. On learning of the sale,
Governor Bodwell, who, it is said, had Of
fered $4,000 for the same property, at once
made Mr.. Sylvester al offer of 81 900 for
his trade, and gave bond of S4O0 to pay that
sum in one month. This offer was accented
by MIR. Sylvester. The property is most de-
srable for the syndicate of which Governor
Bodwell Is the leading one. 1t comprises q
large tract of land without which, the syndi-
cate could not very well carry out their plan
considerable real estate there with view to
making Small Point one of the most attrac-
tive places on the Name coast for seaside
resort One of the farms purchased by Mr..
Sylvester has been occupied by Ord Lowell,
who at one time thought of exchanging his
place for farm owned by Governor Bodwell
at Manchester. The sale OF one of the farms
to Mr.. Sylvester includes about S40O worth
OF personal property 1t is expected that IN a
short time the syndicate will be in possession
OF greater part of Small Point. When in
their possession narrow guage railroad from
this city to Small Point may be one of the
results of the sale. Besides Governor Bod
well, it is said there are several Bath, Au.
gusts and New York gentlemen members of
the syndicate. Mr.. Sylvester came to this
city this forenoon and returned to Small
Point accompanied by his attorney joseph
NJ Irott to draw up the necessary writings
for the completion of the tran sfer.